Denis Shaw
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Douglas "Denis" Findlay Shaw (7 February 1921 – 28 February 1971) was a British character actor who specialized in portraying villains. Shaw was born in Dulwich on 7 February 1921. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was frequently cast as villains in films and television shows, most notably as the German guard Priem in The Colditz Story (1955), as well as a number of British horror films including Jack the Ripper (1959), The Mummy (1959) and The Curse of the Werewolf (1961). He was cast in the leading role of The Great Van Robbery (1959) as the judo-throwing Interpol detective Caesar Smith. Shaw's television credits include The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Avengers, Danger Man, Dixon of Dock Green, The Prisoner, Sherlock Holmes and Z-Cars. Shaw died from a heart attack in London on 28 February 1971, at the age of 50. A familiar face around the bars of Soho in London, he is mentioned in Keith Waterhouse's play Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell.
Known for
Credits
Innocent Meeting (1959)
as Uncle
Let's Be Happy (1957)
as Fat Man in Train Corridor (uncredited)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
as Gaoler
A Woman Possessed (1958)
as Bishop
Naked Fury (1959)
as Captain Horst
The Mummy (1959)
as Mike
The Colditz Story (1955)
as Priem
The Deadly Affair (1967)
as Wolfe - Publican
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
as Tavern Customer
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
as Silver (uncredited)
Soapbox Derby (1958)
as Lender
The Viking Queen (1967)
as Osiris
The Hellfire Club (1961)
as Sir Richard Benlow
The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
as Vance
Jack the Ripper (1959)
as Simes
Passport to Shame (1958)
as Mac
House of Blackmail (1953)
as Bassett
Carry On Regardless (1961)
as Sinister Passenger (uncredited)
The Weapon (1956)
as Groggins
The Prisoner (1955)
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Criminal (1960)
as Taxi Customer at Racetrack (uncredited)
Beyond the Curtain (1960)
as Krumm
Port Afrique (1956)
as Grila
Who Done It? (1956)
as Professor Stumpf
The Long Memory (1953)
as Shaw (uncredited)
The Night We Got the Bird (1960)
as Wolfie's Stooge
Seven Thunders (1957)
as Fat German Soldier
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket (1969)
as Heavyset Workman
The Great Van Robbery (1959)
as Caesar Smith
Nothing Barred (1961)
as Convict
Links of Justice (1958)
as Heath
Moment of Indiscretion (1958)
as Inspector Marsh
The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids (1968)
as Nasty Workman
The Depraved (1957)
as Inspector O'Flynn
Forbidden Cargo (1954)
as Ship's Cook
Trouble with Eve (1960)
as George Rigby
Ticket to Paradise (1961)
as Giuseppe
Girdle of Gold (1952)
as Choirmaster